College of Aeronautics and Engineering
www.kent.edu/cae


About This Program

Excited by the future of robotics, automation and intelligent systems? The Mechatronics Engineering program fuses mechanical, electrical and computer engineering to prepare students to design the smart machines powering advanced manufacturing, autonomous vehicles and next generation technologies. Read more...

Contact Information

Program Delivery

  • Delivery:
    • In person
  • Location:
    • Kent Campus

Examples of Possible Careers and Salaries*

Electrical engineers

  • 4.6% about as fast as the average
  • 193,100 number of jobs
  • $100,830 potential earnings

Electronics engineers, except computer

  • 1.4% slower than the average
  • 134,900 number of jobs
  • $107,540 potential earnings

Electro-mechanical and mechatronics technologists and technicians

  • 3.0% about as fast as the average
  • 14,600 number of jobs
  • $59,800 potential earnings

Industrial engineers

  • 10.1% much faster than the average
  • 295,800 number of jobs
  • $88,950 potential earnings

Mechanical engineers

  • 3.9% about as fast as the average
  • 316,300 number of jobs
  • $90,160 potential earnings

Additional Careers

  • Automation engineer
  • Automation technician
  • Autonomous systems engineer
  • Controls engineer
  • Controls systems engineer
  • Digital twin engineer
  • Electromechanical engineer
  • Embedded systems engineer
  • Engineering and design roles
  • Field robotics engineer
  • Human-robot interaction (HRI) specialist
  • Mechatronics product developer
  • Quality control inspector
  • Robotics applications engineer
  • Robotics engineer
  • Robotics systems integrator
  • Robotics test engineer
  • Systems integration engineer

Accreditation

The Bachelor of Science degree in Mechatronics Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, www.abet.org, under the General Criteria.

* Source of occupation titles and labor data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook. Data comprises projected percent change in employment over the next 10 years; nation-wide employment numbers; and the yearly median wage at which half of the workers in the occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less.